Handbook on Sensitive Practice for Health Care Practitioners: Lessons from Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
- ISBN-10
- 0662485777
- ISBN-13
- 9780662485773
- Pages
- 109
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Public Health Agency of Canada
- Author
- Candice Schachter
Description
This handbook is designed to help health care practitioners address the needs of adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. It provides background information about childhood sexual abuse and illustrates how childhood sexual abuse can adversely affect health care encounters with all types of health care providers. The principles and guidelines of Sensitive Practice presented in the Handbook are the product of dialogue between survivors and health care practitioners, and outline comprehensive, practical suggestions that all health care practitioners can incorporate into their clinical practice.
